...Reading Theory as Literature, Literature as Theory ...

... Contrary to Marx and Freud, fetishism is not primarily an error but a central semiotic dimension of social life at is most normal—that is, where people of different ranks and social backgrounds struggle to define their relationships with each other. Hence, not even theory itself is a disembodied...

...Trans Theory as Gender Theory In “The Time Has Come to Think about Gayle Rubin,” the author reflects on the contributions of Rubin's work to the fields of queer and feminist studies. The author argues that Rubin's analysis of sexuality and gender in the context of kinship systems provides...